Butter plate and mold.



No. 644,698. Patented Mar. 6, |900. H. M. WILLIAMS.

BUTTER PLATE AND MOLD.

(Application filed Sept. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

2 lnnmmlll R nmmiwmmun 14 Y L auen/ron HENRY M. WILLIAMS, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO FRANZ BURGER, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTER PLATE AND lVlOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 644,698, dated March 6, 1900.

Application filed September 19, 1898. Serial No. 691,350. (No model.)

T0 LZZ whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, HENRY M. WILLIAMS@ citizen of the United States, residing at Fort \Vayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-Plates and Molds, of which the following is a specification'.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combined butter dishes and molds, havingforits object to provide a simple and inexpensive butter-dish in which a cake may be molded and served upon the table, the butter cake being so shaped as to retain one or more blocks of ice upon its uppei` face and being perforated to permit Water to iiow to the bottom of the dish as the ice becomes melted.

Vith this object in view the invention consists in the combined butter dish and mold constructed in the novel manner hereinafter pointed out with greater particularity, the invention being an improvement upon that set forth in Letters Patent No. 602,124, granted April 12, ISQS, to Franz Burger and myself.

In the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this speciication and in which like letters and figures of reference designate corresponding parts, Figure l is asectional view of a butter-dish embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a similai1 view of a modication, and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of a combined mold-section and butter-dish top.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A and B designate, respectively, the top and bottom of a combined butter dish and mold, and these parts may be of any suitable shape, size, or configuration and ornamented in any desired manner. The top A of the butter-dish constitutes one section of the mold, while the bottom, or rather the dish proper, constitutes the second mold-section, and while the main body of the butter-dish may be formed in one, two, or more sections it is preferred to form it in two parts l 2, as shown, one of which serves as a base and the other, being adapted to rest upon the base l, serves to hold the butter cake. Thus, as shown in Fig. l, the support 2 is provided with an annular flange 3, which rests upon the upper face of the base I, Within a correspondingly-shaped bead 4 thereof, a chamber 5 being thereby formed intermediate the base and support for reception of the water from the butter cake. The upper face of the support 2 is formed with a concave recess 6, into which is received the butter cake 7, and extending through this face, preferably in the center thereof, is an opening S, which communicates with the chamber 5.

The top A of the combined butter dish and mold is formed with a convex under face 9, substantially concentric with the concave recess 6 of the support 2, and with a surrounding flange lO, adapted to inclose the flange 3 of the support 2, and upon its interior the flange 10 is provided with a shoulder l2, which rests upon the upper face of the support when the top is in place. Projecting centrally downward from the convex face of the top 1 is a pin 13, adapted to enter the opening 8 of the support, and radiating from this pin and arranged concentrically thereto is a series of knives or more or less sharp projections 14, which likewise extend down- Wardly from the convex face of the top. Upon its exterior the top is provided with a handle 15, which may be of any suitable shape. With the parts thus constructed when it is desired to mold a butter cake previous to serving the top A is removed from the dish B and the butter pat placed upon the upper face of the support 2. The top is then replaced upon the dish and pressed down, thereby causing the butter pat Within the mold-chamber to conform to the convex and concave faces of the top and bu tter-dish, respectively, and, as the said chamber is of uniform depth, the finished cake is of uniform thickness throughout. As the top descends the pin 13 pierces the butter cake, forming an opening therethrough which coincides with the opening 8 of the support 2. At the same time the knives or projections 14 enter the buttercake and subdivide it into pieces of suitable size,which may be conveniently removed by a butterknife without distorting the shape of the cake, and, as the cake is of uniform thickness, its division into parts of equal or proper size is facilitated, while at the same time it maintains its shape better than when it is thinner at the central portion than at its outer edge.

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Then the top is again removed, cracked ice may be placed within the concave recess formed in the top of the butter cake, the ice serving to maintain the cake cool and firm, and as the same ice melts the Water will flow through the opening in the butter cake into the chamber 5.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2 the chamber 5 of the dish is formed in the base l, and the surrounding wall thereof is provided with an annular bearing 19, upon which the support 2 rests.

That I claim isl. In a combined butter dish and mold, a bottom portion having a concave perforated face for supporting a butter cake, and a top adapted to said bottom portion and provided with a convex face concentric with said concave face, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a combined butter dish and mold, a bottom portion having a concave perforated support for a butter cake, a top adapted to said bottom portion and provided With a convex face, and a projection on the top arranged to enter a perforation of the butter cake and support, substantially as described.

3. In a combined butter dish and mold, a bottoni portion having a support for a butter cake, a top for the bottom portion, and knives on the under side of the top arranged to divide the cake into sections, substantially as described.

4. In a combined butter dish and mold, a bottom portion having a perforated support for a butter-cake, a top adapted to the bottom portion and having a projection arranged to enter the perforation in the support, and knives on the top radiating from said projection, substantially as described.

5. A combined butter dish and mold comprising a perforated support fora butter cake and a top having a convex face and formed with a iiange adapted to surround the support, and with a projection adapted to enter a perforation ot the butter-cake support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY M. WILLIAMS.

Titnessesz GEO. K. TORRENCE, J. BURGER. 

